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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Let vs leave and chase after /chase and FAR vs AFAR

Let or leave?

1 Let your phone charge./Leave your phone (to) charge.
2 I've been chasing after the money he owes me for months. (Is the word CHASE?)
3 He caught the ball from afar/very far.

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-- Both in use. 2 I've been chasing after the money he owes me for months. -- Hard to do without very long arms .

— Mister Micawber

  • -- Both in use.
  • 2 I've been chasing after the money he owes me for months.
  • -- Hard to do without very long arms .
  • He caught the ball far away.
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1 Let your phone charge./Leave your phone (to) charge.-- Both in use.

2 I've been chasing after the money he owes me for months. (Is the word CHASE?-- Yes)
3 He caught the ball from afar/very far.-- Hard to do without very long arms. He caught the ball far away.
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alc241 Let your phone charge./Leave your phone (to) charge. "To" is not optional.

2 I've been chasing after the money he owes me for months. I've heard this. (Is the word CHASE?) I don't know what you mean.

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#2 sounded strange. He is the one who owed you the money which you loaned to him. So when times comes to repay and he failed to do so, it is only logical that you chased him for the money he owed you; not the money. Doesn't that make sense?
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Anonymous Doesn't that make sense?
Your version also seems possible, but sometimes unlikely expressions become idiomatic, as in "Follow the money."
To me, without such a history of usage, "chased him for the money" sounds like you're physically chasing him (eg., down the street!)
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